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,_by_Giovanni_Antonio_Guardi_(cropped).jpg) Detail from Alexander and Campaspe in Apelles' studio by Giovanni Antonio Guardi, c. 1745 | |
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| Patron(s) | Alexander the Great |
Apelles of Kos (/əˈpɛliːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἀπελλῆς; fl. 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom much of modern scholars' knowledge of this artist is owed (Naturalis Historia 35.36.79–97 and passim), rated him superior to preceding and subsequent artists. He dated Apelles to the 112th Olympiad (332–329 BC), possibly because he had produced a portrait of Alexander the Great.[1]
- ^ Bostock, John. "Natural History". Perseus. Tufts University. Retrieved 23 March 2017. "But it was Apelles of Cos, in the hundred and twelfth Olympiad, who surpassed all the other painters who either preceded or succeeded him. Single-handed, he contributed more to painting than all the others together, and even went so far as to publish some treatises on the principles of the art."
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